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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Valentin Adamovic (ranked 290 p4p, 292 weight class) and Guy Le Franc (ranked 35 p4p, 37 weight class). Le Franc has chosen [I Can't Get No] Satisfaction as his entrance music. Valentin Adamovic has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Valentin Adamovic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Guy Le Franc!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Aafke Stam and Patrick Alders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A slow jab from Adamovic misses its intended target.
Adamovic checks a low kick from Le Franc.
Le Franc keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Adamovic.
Le Franc doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Valentin Adamovic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Adamovic misses with a head kick.
Adamovic tries to clinch but Le Franc is having none of it.
Adamovic sizes up Le Franc with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Adamovic lunges at Le Franc with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Le Franc's hand.
Le Franc moves out of range as Adamovic strikes.
Adamovic moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromLe Franc.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Decent striking displayed by Adamovic there.
Adamovic misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Le Franc.
Adamovic plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Adamovic throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Le Franc's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Le Franc takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Adamovic lands a really nice looking cross but Le Franc seems unphased.
Adamovic lands a really nice looking cross but Le Franc seems unphased.
Adamovic connects with a jab.
Adamovic scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Le Franc has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Adamovic throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Le Franc counters with a leg kick.
Adamovic lands with an overhand left.
Adamovic lands a nice hook to Le Franc's body. Le Franc takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Le Franc slips a straight right by Adamovic.
Le Franc feints a counter leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Le Franc. Adamovic does a little dance to reset his feet.
Adamovic misses with an uppercut
and Le Franc counters with a lovely straight right hand!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Le Franc gets cracked there but stands up to it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Le Franc moves out of range as Adamovic strikes.
Le Franc looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Adamovic connects with a nice looking jab.
A head kick misses from Adamovic.
Le Franc is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Adamovic with a body shot.
Le Franc moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Le Franc takes a swing at Adamovic's ribcage but misses.
Adamovic is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Adamovic wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Adamovic misses with a hook
and Le Franc counters with a right hand to the body.
Le Franc pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Le Franc gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
A nice leg kick from Adamovic, right into the meat of the thigh.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adamovic misses with a body shot.
Le Franc appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Adamovic throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Le Franc sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Le Franc uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Adamovic.
Le Franc takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Jab by Adamovic.
Adamovic lands a head kick. Le Franc smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Adamovic takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Adamovic blocks a head kick by Le Franc.
Adamovic misses with an uppercut. Le Franc saw that one coming.
Le Franc is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Adamovic with a body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Le Franc avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A little jabbing left from Le Franc on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Adamovic throws a sloppy head kick and Le Franc moves out of range easily.
Adamovic connects with a body shot.
Adamovic moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Adamovic throws a lazy right hand but Le Franc sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Adamovic missing with a left hand there. Le Franc was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Adamovic stuns Le Franc with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Le Franc scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Adamovic scores with a hook.
Adamovic looks to throw the jab but Le Franc is out of range.
Adamovic wants to clinch up but Le Franc keeps it at a distance.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Valentin Adamovic dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Le Franc takes a swing at Adamovic's ribcage but misses.
Adamovic connects with a nice looking jab.
A big left from Adamovic misses.
A swing and a miss from Adamovic.
Le Franc only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Adamovic works the jab nicely.
Adamovic with a jab.
Adamovic tests Le Franc's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Adamovic tries to clinch but Le Franc moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Le Franc takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Le Franc scores with a hook to the body. Adamovic takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Adamovic pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Le Franc swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Adamovic throws a lazy uppercut
and Le Franc counters with a stiff right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Adamovic connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Le Franc's corner calls for a 1-2. Le Franc obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Le Franc throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Adamovic throwing a counter right hand but Le Franc manages to avoid it.
Le Franc uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Adamovic.
Le Franc tries a quick counter leg kick but Adamovic is wise to it.
Adamovic lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Nice body kick from Adamovic.
Adamovic takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
The fighters circling - Adamovic throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Le Franc is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Adamovic with a body shot.
Le Franc is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Adamovic rather than just go for the knockout.
Adamovic lands with a nice body punch.
Adamovic throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Le Franc to counter with a crisp jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adamovic tries to close the distance and clinch up but Le Franc swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Adamovic throws a hook to the side of Le Franc's head but Le Franc sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Le Franc looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Le Franc moves out of range as Adamovic strikes.
Adamovic is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Adamovic lands a glancing blow to the side of Le Franc's head.
Adamovic throws a leg kick
and Le Franc counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Adamovic checks a low kick from Le Franc.
Le Franc has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Le Franc moves out of range as Adamovic strikes.
Adamovic connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Adamovic throws a hook but Le Franc avoids it easily.
Adamovic throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Adamovic connects with a looping right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Le Franc drops his hands momentarily and Adamovic takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Adamovic misses with a head kick.
Adamovic throws a sloppy head kick and Le Franc moves out of range easily.
Le Franc is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Adamovic with a body shot.
Adamovic is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Le Franc can do to turn this around?
Le Franc throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Adamovic stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Adamovic misses with a right hand
and Le Franc counters with a straight right hand.
Le Franc ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Adamovic lands an overhand right.
Adamovic misses with a hook. Le Franc ducked under it nicely.
A nice side step and Le Franc releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Le Franc takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Adamovic cracks Le Franc with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Adamovic scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Adamovic missing with a left hand there. Le Franc was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Adamovic throws a head kick that misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Adamovic jabs at Le Franc's body.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Le Franc might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Adamovic has got the better of the exchanges.
Le Franc swats away the attempt to clinch by Adamovic.
Le Franc steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Good shot there by Adamovic.
Adamovic takes the fight into the clinch.
Le Franc is trying to pull guard but Adamovic has him pressed against the cage.
Le Franc pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Valentin Adamovic dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Adamovic swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Le Franc throws out a counter right but Adamovic avoids it with no problem.
Le Franc walks into a left hand.
Adamovic darts in and clinches Le Franc up against the cage.
Le Franc tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Adamovic smiles and moves away.
Adamovic throws a half hearted mid kick.
Le Franc closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Adamovic misses the jab.
Le Franc flicks out a counter leg kick but Adamovic steps away.
Adamovic lands a nice hook to Le Franc's body. Le Franc takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Le Franc's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Adamovic connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Le Franc scrambles back to his feet.
Adamovic throws a head kick that Le Franc semi-blocks.
Adamovic scores with a head kick.
Decent striking displayed by Adamovic there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Adamovic dips to his left and cracks Le Franc with an uppercut!
Adamovic misses with a lunging right hand
and Le Franc counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Le Franc uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Adamovic.
Adamovic throws a lazy uppercut
and Le Franc counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Le Franc takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Le Franc connects with a single shot there.
Adamovic throws a looping overhand right but Le Franc ducks down to avoid it.
Adamovic throws a lazy uppercut
and Le Franc counters with a nice low kick that buckles Adamovic's knee momentarily.
Adamovic fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Le Franc looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Le Franc throws a sloppy head kick and Adamovic moves out of range easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adamovic lands a jab to the nose.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Adamovic lands a jab to the nose.
Adamovic moves out of range of the strikes.
Le Franc keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Le Franc slips under a jab from Adamovic.
Adamovic catches Le Franc with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Le Franc lands a body shot.
Le Franc swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A quick step to the side and Adamovic tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Guy Le Franc has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Le Franc staying out of range there.
Adamovic pushes Le Franc up against the cage in a clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adamovic with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Guy Le Franc has been cut.
Adamovic tries to score a body lock takedown but Le Franc shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Le Franc tries to circle away but Adamovic has him pinned against the cage.
Le Franc breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Adamovic scores with a hook to the body. Le Franc takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Adamovic loads up on a big right hand but Le Franc slips the punch.
A nice side step and Le Franc releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Nice defenses there by Le Franc.
Le Franc now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Valentin Adamovic is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Nice defenses there by Le Franc.
Adamovic connects with a jab.
Adamovic missing with a left hand there. Le Franc was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A nice leg kick lands there from Adamovic.
Adamovic throws a lazy head kick
and Le Franc counters with a straight right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Le Franc avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Adamovic tries to clinch but Le Franc is having none of it.
Le Franc slips a straight right by Adamovic.
Le Franc gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Adamovic.
Adamovic looks to throw the jab but Le Franc is out of range.
Le Franc swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Adamovic tries a head kick but it misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Adamovic throws a jab but it's blocked by Le Franc.
Adamovic uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Le Franc.
Le Franc takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Adamovic checks a low kick from Le Franc.
And that's the end of the fight!
Valentin Adamovic showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Adamovic has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 30:27
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Valentin Adamovic!
Valentin Adamovic decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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